A few post-settlement developments in the California lethal injection suit, Winchell & Alexander v. Beard, last noted here.
Yesterday, June 3, Judge Chang signed the stipulated judgment. Applications to intervene in the case were set for hearing tomorrow, June 5. The applicants were Mitchell Sims, the "slice of murder" killer sentenced to death in two states, represented at taxpayer expense by the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, and Michael Morales and Tiequon Cox, the men who murdered my clients' family members, represented by David Senior and, curiously, Jenner & Block, contra bono publico. Today, the court entered an order that the applications were moot in light of the settlement and cancelling the hearing.
Yesterday, June 3, Judge Chang signed the stipulated judgment. Applications to intervene in the case were set for hearing tomorrow, June 5. The applicants were Mitchell Sims, the "slice of murder" killer sentenced to death in two states, represented at taxpayer expense by the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, and Michael Morales and Tiequon Cox, the men who murdered my clients' family members, represented by David Senior and, curiously, Jenner & Block, contra bono publico. Today, the court entered an order that the applications were moot in light of the settlement and cancelling the hearing.
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